Gonatus
Armhook squids
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2026-08-05: itis_id 82418 via WoRMS external link
Gonatus is a genus of squid in the family Gonatidae, comprising twelve species, and therefore containing the most species in the family. Adult squid belonging to species in this genus are notable for their lack of tentacles.W CalCOFI holds 750 observations of it in 1 dataset between 2008 and 2023, as invert, across 3 taxa under it.R
- 750
- observations
- 750
- records
- 699
- sampling events
- 2008–2023
- years
- 1
- datasets
- 2
- species under it
- invert
- life stages
Observed in 1 dataseti
One row per dataset, and beside it one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same
strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses
(dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet
pill marks a name the authority does not accept.
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One row per dataset, and beside it one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.
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name used: Gonatus Armhook squids · code
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Ways inExplorerdb-queryERDDAPRPythonThis page as JSON
Code and endpoints ERDDAP · R · Python · JSON
library(calcofi4r) con <- cc_get_db() # the promoted release tbl(con, "obs_bio") |> filter(taxon_key == "worms:138036")
import calcofi4py as cc
con = cc.cc_get_db()
con.sql("SELECT * FROM obs_bio WHERE taxon_key = 'worms:138036'").df()Read from taxa.json of release v2026.10.21, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.
How big is it not on record
Not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).
Under it 2 taxa · Gonatus onyx most observed
- sp Gonatus onyx Clawed armhook squid29
- sp Gonatus pyros Fiery armhook squid22
Life stages invert
- Ichthyoplankton invert
The stages each dataset records for it, from the release's obs_bio.life_stage.
Lineage 9 ranks · Biota to Gonatidae
Credits silhouette · photo · text
- Silhouette · Margot Michaud · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Histioteuthis heteropsis · source
- Photo · Jean-François Rousseau · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat · source
- Text · Wikipedia, “Gonatus” · CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1275564423
Elsewhere Wikidata · iNaturalist
The same organism on the services the faces were fetched from; the authorities' own pages are the ids in the head.
Cite the release, v2026.10.21
Cite the release, v2026.10.21; each dataset's own citation, licence and DOI are on its page. How to cite ↗